«Duchamp's famous «underground» pronouncement struck a chord with Chimes, whose interest in the writings of Antonin Artaud and Alfred Jarry had encouraged him to explore the margins of mainstream art and literature... As a consequence of this withdrawal from the contemporary art scene, Chimes began to investigate issues
such as
esotericism and mystification in metal boxes and paintings whose irrational and often willfully obscure imagery reveals his affinities with Surrealism.